Crime reports

Wednesday, March 10, 2010By Karen Hall, Staff Writer

Thefts and vandalism reported

* Between 7:30 a.m. March 1 and 9 a.m. March 2, a vehicle ran over a brick column mailbox on Verona Caney Road. The property owner estimates the cost of repair at $3,500. The owner told Marshall County Sheriff's deputies "parts of the car were still laying next to the column."

* $300-worth of lottery scratch-off tickets were activated and went missing from the Shell Food Mart on East Commerce Street between March 2 and 3. The owner gave police the name of the night cashier as a suspect. $527.43 in cash and a carton of cigarettes were taken from the same store on March 3. A warrant for the arrest of an employee is on file at the Lewisburg Police Department.

* During the day on March 7, someone kicked open the front door of a home on Coble Drive. Nothing appeared to be missing, but the owner estimated it would cost $100 to replace the door.

* A woman's purse was accidentally left behind and disappeared from a shopping cart in the Wal-Mart parking lot on March 4. The purse was recovered the next day from the drop box inside the post office.

* A counterfeit $10 bill was found by a First Commerce Bank clerk in the Domino's Pizza deposit for March 1.